1. Eating Zongzi

"Eating Zongzi on the Dragon Boat Festival" originated in 340 BC. Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet, jumped into the river on May 5th. In order to prevent fish and shrimp from eating Qu Yuan's body in the river, people put rice and eggs into bamboo buckets. Some people also poured realgar wine into the river to drown the dragon water and protect Dr. Qu Yuan from harm. Since then, in order to commemorate him, people will go to the river to throw rice dumplings and row dragon boats every May 5th. In memory of the great patriotic poet.

2. Eating eggs

The origin of eating eggs during the Dragon Boat Festival is the same as zongzi. Eggs are also an important food during the Dragon Boat Festival. In the morning, before the children get out of bed, adults will bring the eggs to them. On the child's lips. According to folklore, eating eggs will give rise to the heart. Because the egg is shaped like a heart, it is generally believed that eating eggs can protect the heart and spirit from loss. On the one hand, eating eggs during the Dragon Boat Festival is for good luck and to pray that you will not get sick for a year. On the other hand, it is to improve your life. Boiled eggs with mugwort leaves will not only have the special fragrance of mugwort leaves, but also get rid of bad luck and diseases.

3. Eating oil cakes

Eating oil cakes during the Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional custom in Lantian County, Shaanxi Province. It is as important as hanging mugwort and making rice dumplings. On the Dragon Boat Festival, in addition to eating rice dumplings, you also eat oil cakes. The oil cake is made of hot oiled noodles, stuffed with sugar, cinnamon, rose, walnut kernels, and lard, and deep-fried in an oil pan. The skin is loose and foamy, the filling is sweet, and the appearance is beautiful.

4. Drink Wujia wine

It is a folk custom to "pick Wujia on the fifth day of May and make Wujia wine". Wujia is the skin of Wujia, which has a bitter smell and fragrance. The bark of Wujia tree has a strange fragrance and can nourish the body and strengthen the muscles and bones. Folks believe that drinking Wujia wine can ward off evil spirits. The medicinal uses of Acanthopanax bark are mainly used to treat hernia, abdominal pain, male infertility, residual urination, women's back pain, leg pain, etc. Located in a humid area, it is especially suitable for drinking Wujia wine during the Dragon Boat Festival.

5. Eat twists

The crispy twists are also a must-have food during the Dragon Boat Festival. The Dragon Boat Festival itself is to commemorate our great patriotic poet Qu Yuan. On this day, you cannot say some unlucky words, so eating sesame candy (Mahua) to stick your mouth is also to wish our life a sweet and beautiful life.

6. Eat "Five Reds" and "Five Yellows"

The traditional Dragon Boat Festival delicacies in Nanjing are "Five Yellows", namely eel, yellow croaker, duck egg yolk, cucumber, and realgar wine. With the changes of history and the development of society, the content of "Five Yellows" gradually evolved into the current "Five Reds", namely "roast duck, amaranth, duck eggs, lobster, and realgar wine". It is said that if you eat these "five reds" and "five yellows" during the Dragon Boat Festival, you can ward off evil spirits and heat throughout the summer.

7. Drinking calamus wine

Drinking calamus wine is a traditional custom during the Dragon Boat Festival. Chen Kechang, a scholar in the Southern Song Dynasty, once wrote a poem: "The bottles are filled with calamus, every year in early May." Calamus wine is a medicinal wine made from calamus as medicinal material and white wine or rice wine as raw wine. Drinking calamus wine during the Dragon Boat Festival is to ward off evil spirits and eliminate poisons. Drinking it for a long time can cure diseases and strengthen the body.

8. Eating Jiandui

In Jinjiang, Fujian Province, every household also eats "Jiandui" during the Dragon Boat Festival, which is a thick paste made of flour, rice flour or sweet potato flour and other ingredients. Fried. Legend has it that in ancient times, it was the rainy season in southern Fujian before the Dragon Boat Festival, and it rained continuously. Folks said that God had penetrated a hole and wanted to "repair the sky." After eating "Jiandui" during the Dragon Boat Festival, the rain stopped, and people said that the sky was repaired. This food custom comes from this.

9. Eating cakes

The Dragon Boat Festival is a grand festival for the Korean people in Yanbian, Jilin Province. The most representative food is the fragrant cake. Da Gao is a rice cake made by placing mugwort and glutinous rice in a large wooden trough carved from a single log and using a long-handled wooden hammer. This kind of food is very ethnic and can add to the festive atmosphere.

10. Eating mugwort steamed buns

In many places during the Dragon Boat Festival, steamed steamed buns are steamed with fermented rice flour or flour and mugwort. Moxa contains a variety of volatile oils, which have an aromatic smell, can repel insects and sterilize, and have antibacterial effects on a variety of bacteria and certain skin fungi. Therefore, in ancient times, moxa was indispensable for treating diseases and dispelling plague during the Dragon Boat Festival, whether eaten or used.

11. Eat peaches, eggplants and beans

Sichuan folklore says that eating peaches, eggplants and beans during the Dragon Boat Festival is believed to be healthy and longevity. As the saying goes: Eat eggplant until it shakes, eat beans until you are old." Hakkas in the Miaoli area also eat eggplants, long beans, peaches and plums during the Dragon Boat Festival. However, the symbolic meanings of these foods may be different for southerners. Eat Eating plums means taking advantage of them, and eating plums represents the reproduction of offspring. Some people also think that it can prevent heatstroke.